Kickoff for Super Bowl XLIV is two short hours away, but Indianapolis Museum of Art director Max Anderson and New Orleans Museum of Art director E. John Bullard began their trash talk a week ago. They've each bet the loan of a great painting to the other if their home team loses.
If the Colts win, the IMA borrows a Claude from NOMA; if the Saints prevail, NOMA gets the IMA's Turner. (The whole back-and-forth, plus images of the wagered paintings, are at Modern Art Notes. It's particularly funny when Anderson describes a NOMA Renoir as "sentimental blancmange".)
Apparently the commingling of high art and hyped sport is pretty funny--the story's gotten a lot of attention, from art sites, to ESPN, to the BBC (it's not even their kind of football!), to a piece on public radio. Bring it! (image source)
Update: Looks like the Indianapolis Museum of Art's Turner will be visiting New Orleans.
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